Weekly Cable Sports Ratings: Dec. 31, 2018 - Jan. 6, 2019

BOWL Games rule the top of this week's cable sports chart, taking seven of the top eight spots. The Big Three Bowls, ROSE, SUGAR and FIESTA take the top three spots, respectively, with the Rose Bowl grabbing 16.2 million viewers.

ESPN's NFL playoff game, between the Colts and Texand, drew 6.1 million viewers. But, the game was also simulcast on ABC, collecting another 16.7 million viewers.

The NBA placed six contests in the top 16.

Rank	Day	Show	Net	Time	P2*	A18-49
1	Tue	Rose Bowl: WAS v OSU	ESPN	5:06 PM	16,175	4.16
2	Tue	Sugar Bowl: TX v GA	ESPN	8:50 PM	12,971	3.79
3	Tue	Fiesta Bowl: LSU v UCF	ESPN	12:57 PM	8,471	2.35
4	Sat	NFL: IND v HOU	ESPN	4:33 PM	6,103	2.09
5	Mon	Bowl: NCSU v TAM	ESPN	7:39 PM	5,142	1.38
6	Mon	Bowl : MIS v OKSU	ESPN	3:48 PM	3,830	0.94
7	Tue	Bowl: MMSU v IOWA	ESPN2	12:00 PM	3,256	0.76
8	Mon	Bowl: CIN v VTU	ESPN	12:00 PM	2,663	0.60
9	Thu	NBA: HOU v GS	TNT	10:39 PM	2,392	0.92
10	Thu	NBA: TOR v SA	TNT	8:15 PM	1,814	0.71
11	Mon	Bowl: UTA v NW	FS1	7:00 PM	1,787	0.41
12	Wed	NBA: OKC v LAL	ESPN	10:43 PM	1,771	0.75
13	Wed	NBA: MIN v BOS	ESPN	8:12 PM	1,484	0.63
14	Sat	CBB: KY v AL	ESPN	1:00 PM	1,472	0.45
15	Fri	NBA: OKC v POR	ESPN	10:38 PM	1,390	0.56
16	Fri	NBA: DAL v BOS	ESPN	8:12 PM	1,335	0.52
17	Sat	College Basketball	ESPN	8:07 PM	1,260	0.47
18	Sat	CFB: EWU v NDSU	ESPN2	12:00 PM	1,004	0.22
19	Wed	CBB: OK v KAN	ESPN2	9:04 PM	739	0.23
20	Thu	CBB: PSU v MI	ESPN	7:00 PM	677	0.23
21	Thu	Women's CBB	ESPN	9:03 PM	627	0.18
22	Tue	Rose Bowl	ESPN2	5:06 PM	607	0.13
23	Sat	College Basektball	ESPN2	5:11 PM	595	0.14
24	Sat	College Basketball	ESPN2	3:12 PM	581	0.15
25	Thu	PL: LIV v MANC	NBCSN	2:54 PM	542	0.21
26	Wed	AMC Movie	AMC	10:35 PM	522	0.15
27	Wed	CBB: HAR v NC	ESPN2	7:00 PM	516	0.16
28	Sun	PGA Tour	GOLF	5:58 PM	508	0.08
29	Sun	NHL: CHI v PIT	NBCSN	8:03 PM	474	0.16
30	Wed	NHL: PIT v NYR	NBCSN	7:03 PM	472	0.15
31	Tue	PL: FUL v ARS	NBCSN	9:57 AM	405	0.15
32	Thu	CBB: IL v IU	FS1	7:00 PM	380	0.06
33	Sat	LIGA MX	UND	10:01 PM	343	0.16
34	Wed	CBB: TT v WV	ESPNU	7:00 PM	330	0.08
35	Tue	Sugar Bowl	ESPN2	9:03 PM	327	0.08
36	Thu	CBB: STN v UCLA	ESPN	11:00 PM	320	0.11
37	Fri	PGA Tour	GOLF	5:58 PM	310	0.04
38	Fri	LIGA MX	UND	9:55 PM	293	0.15
39	Tue	PL: TOT v CAR	NBCSN	12:27 PM	290	0.12
40	Sat	CBB: SC v FL	ESPN2	7:08 PM	289	0.07

* viewership (,000)